Golf club attachment



March 27, 1956 M. GOODMAN 2,739,331

GOLF CLUB ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 30, 1955 20 L g 5 5 v 5 24` L! 26 Marr/sGoodman INVENTOR.

GOLF CLUB ATTACHMENT Morris Goodman, Sinking Spring, Pa.

Application January 3l?, 1953, Serial No. 334,312

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-184) This invention relates to sporting goods and moreparticularly to a novel device adapted to be associated with golf clubs.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a golf club having abrush secured at the end thereof opposite from the driving head, whichgolf club includes a handle which is slidably positioned about the shaftof the club so that it may conceal the brush when the brush is not inuse, the handle also being slidably positioned on the shaft in order toadjust the length of the shaft so that persons of various heights andlength of arms may comfortably and etiiciently use the particular golfclub.

The construction of this invention features a sleeve on which suitableleather wrapping or other surfacing may be positioned. The sleeve isslidably positioned on a shaft and resilient means are used to lockinglyhold the sleeve relative to the shaft in a given position. Means areprovided for limiting the uppermost and lowermost positions of thesleeve relative to the driving head and a bristle brush is secured tothe end of the shaft.

Still further objects of the invention reside in the provision of a golfclub attachment that is strong and durable, simple in construction andmanufacture, capable of being readily installed on existing golf clubsbut being especially adaptable for mass production at a relatively lowcost.

These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by this golf` club attachment, a preferredembodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings,by way of example only, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the golf club comprising the presentinvention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged elevational view of the handle of the golf clubwith the leather wrapping or other linishing covering removed therefrom;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view as taken along the plane of line 33 in Figure 2 showing the construction of the device with the brush inan extended position and the golf club shortened;

Figure 4 is an elevational detail of the slide and the means forsecuring the slide to the sleeve, the slide riding in a groove in theshaft;

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view as taken along the plane of line5 5 in Figure 3; and,

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional as taken along the plane of line 6 6in Figure 3.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein likereference numerals designate similar .parts throughout the variousviews, reference numeral 10 generally designates a golf club employingthe structure of the present invention. This golf club 10 includes adriving head 12 and includes a tubular shaft 14. The

nited States Patent tubular shaft 14 is adapted to be secured about aportion .16 of reduced cross-section of the solid shaft 18 forming theinterior of the handle of the golf club.

The shaft 18 is slidably received within a sleeve 20, the sleeve 26which is of a tapered outer configuration and provided with a knurlingor an otherwise roughened surface so that a leather wrapping, as isconventional in golf clubs, may be wound thereabout and frictionallyheld securely thereto. At the upper end of the shaft 18 there is secureda brush 22 formed of bristles of nylon. A longitudinally extendinggroove 24 is formed in the shaft 18 for reception of a rather strongspring 26 which engages the inner surface of the sleeve 20. There is anadditional longitudinally extending slot 28 in the shaft 18 and meansfor preventing rotation of the shaft 18 within the sleeve 2t? isprovided. This means includes a slide 3i) slidably positioned within thegroove 28. A screw fastener 32 is threadedly secured to the slide 30 andis counter-sunk in the sleeve 20. The sleeve 20 is provided with arecess forming a housing as at 34 for receiving the brush 22.

lt is to be understood that the spring 26 will hold the sleeve 20 in aset position limited only by the length of the groove 28 and theposition of the slide 30 therein with the brush 22 either receivedwithin the recess 34 or extending as can be best seen in Figure 3. Whenthe brush 22 is encased within the recess 34 the golf club is in anextended position and adapted to be used by comparatively tall persons.With the brush 22 in an opened position the golf club may be used inplay by a comparatively short person. Further, the nylon bristles 22 areespecially adapted to brush unnecessary dirt olf the green and tee, andmay further be used to remove dust and dirt from a players clothes andfor various auxiliary purposes.

Since from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of this golfclub attachment are readily apparent, further description is believed tobe unnecessary.

However, since numerous modiiications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specicationand accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the invention tothe precise embodiment shown and described, but all suitablemodifications and equivalents may be readily resorted to which fallwithin the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A part of a golf club comprising a shaft, a sleeve slidably positionedabout said shaft, a housing formed in said sleeve, a brush secured toone end of said shaft receivable within said housing, resilient meansfor alternatively holding said brush within and outside of said housingand for determining the length of said part of the golf club, said meansincluding a groove in said shaft, a spring seated in said grooveengaging said sleeve, means for limiting the adjustment of length of thepart of a golf club by adjusting said sleeve relative to said shaft andfor preventing rotation of said sleeve relative to said shaft includinga second longitudinally extending groove in said shaft, a slide memberslidably positioned in said groove, and a fastener extending throughsaid sleeve secured to said slide.

References Cited inthe le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,103,879Hoffman July 14, 1914 1,776,443 Martin Sept. 23, 1930 1,918,519 ClementsJuly 18, 1933 2,475,927 Verderber July 12, 1949

